World War 2 (1 sept. 1939 – 2 sept. 1945)

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Some 20 years after the end of World War I, lingering disputes led to an even larger and bloodier conflict in World War 2. The war began in Europe in 1939, but by its end in 1945, it involved nearly every part of the world. The United States did not officially join the war until after a fleet of US ships in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked by Japanese bombs on December 7, 1941.

Estimates of the number of casualties of World War 2 vary widely, but by any measure, the war’s human cost was enormous—35 million to 60 million deaths, with millions more wounded or displaced (left homeless).

The political consequences of World War II, like those of World War I, altered the course of 20th-century world history. It marked a decisive shift of power away from the countries of western Europe and toward the United States and the Soviet Union (Russia). The tense rivalry between those two countries and their allies, known as the Cold War, would influence events throughout the world for the next 50 years.

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